Breaking the Conductivity–Stability Trade-Off in Na <sub>3</sub> SbS <sub>4</sub> Solid Electrolytes via Synergistic Codoping with As and Se
Sulfide solid electrolytes for all-solid-state sodium batteries are inherently constrained by the strong coupling among ionic conductivity, interfacial stability, and environmental tolerance, which remains insufficiently addressed by conventional single-element doping strategies. The lack of a unified design principle to regulate these interdependent properties has hindered their practical deployment. Herein, we propose a coregulation paradigm that simultaneously engineers the anion and cation sublattices to decouple these coupled limitations in Na 3 SbS 4 -based electrolytes. By cointroducing As and Se, a cubic glass-ceramic Na 3 Sb 0.75 As 0.25 S 3.8 Se 0.2 is constructed, where lattice topology, bonding covalency, and defect landscape are cooperatively modulated. This dual-site regulation not only expands the Na + migration framework through a more polarizable Se-substituted anion network, but also reinforces structural robustness and interfacial compatibility via enhanced covalent interactions associated with As incorporation. Importantly, such synergistic modulation suppresses grain boundary resistance and enables quasi-continuous ion transport across the electrolyte, representing a transition from grain boundary-limited to bulk-dominated conduction behavior. As a result, the optimized electrolyte achieves a high ionic conductivity of 1.83 mS/cm with a low activation energy of 0.198 eV, along with a high critical current density of 1.405 mA/cm 2 and prolonged stable cycling over 400 h against Na metal. Beyond the specific material system, this work establishes a generalizable coregulation strategy for simultaneously tuning transport kinetics and interfacial chemistry in sulfide electrolytes, providing a conceptual framework for overcoming long-standing trade-offs in solid-state ionics.
Authors
- Changgui Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0574-6296)
- Chengwei Gao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7105-2121)
- Liu Y (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3901-1652)
- Liang Cheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2187-4025)
- Jingxuan Yin
- Qing Jiao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6455-9934)
Institutions
- Ningbo University (CN)
- Advanced Materials and Devices (United States) (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- ACS Applied Nano Materials
- Published
- 2026-06-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.6c01780
- Primary Topic
- Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00